Located near a less-than-economically-robust mall, this theater opened in the early-1970’s as either a single or twin screen theater; it later was expanded to four screens. It was formerly operated by Carmike, and is now an independent cinema.

This is one of the theatres I assisted as an apprentice technician installing the projection & sound equipment. I had just returned from my short Navy carrer. The theatre was a single screen when built and operated by Stewart&Everett.

While installing the equipment here I met a gentleman who owned a local Drive-In in the Forrest City area. Later on while living in Greenville, N.C. he was contracted to pick me up in his “Beechcraft” Bonanza and transport me to do an emergency sound repair in Morehead City, N.C. We became friends and he let me co-pilot his plane. Later he went on to tell me that he had at one time modified his plane to accommodate a loudspeker that had formerly been used on military tanks. To promote his drive-in, he would fly over the city and advertise the upcoming films for the week.

It seems that the digital conversion has yet to take place at this location. Click on the story under the “News About This Theatre” section and you can watch a segment from the local TV station. It describes the problems that all of these small theatres are facing with the cost of conversion and warns that the Retro may close if the owner can not raise the money.